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Barriers That Are Steep and Linguistic

By ELLEN BARRY
Published: August 23, 2008

Two weeks ago, when Georgian troops began shelling Tskhinvali, Eduard Kabulov couldn’t stop thinking about the trouble he had taken to learn Georgian: its base-20 counting system; its ridiculous consonant clusters (“gvprtskvni”); its diabolical irregular verbs.

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THE RETURN A South Ossetian refugee arrives back in her village in 1997, several years after fighting between Georgian and separatist Ossetian soldiers forced her to flee.

Mr. Kabulov, who is 22, had grown up in a valley where South Ossetians have coexisted with Georgians for many centuries, but that didn’t make it any easier. Ossetians speak a language related to Farsi; Georgians speak a language whose closest relative, some linguists say, is Basque. Mr. Kabulov’s friends were so
 
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Written by johnlee   
Thursday, 02 October 2008

After 10 years 'Listening,' author and photographer reflect on the chronicling of N.C. history, one speaker and one image at a time

(This story appeared in the News and Observer September 21, 2008)

I will never forget my first "Listening to History" interview. It was with a retired nurse named Gretchen Brinson. She was 82 years old and lived in a waterfront neighborhood in Morehead City called the Promise Land. That part of town was settled originally by fishermen who had been driven off their island home on Shackleford Banks, eight miles east, by devastating hurricanes in 1896 and 1899.
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Voices of North Carolina in the Classroom Mini-conference
Written by Sheryl Long   
Wednesday, 10 September 2008

 

On Spetember 12, 2008, the Voices of North Carolina in the Classroom project hosted a conference for middle grades educators titled "Enhancing Language and Literacy Instruction Using North Carolina History and Culture." The conference, which focused on the connections between North Carolina's language, culture, and history,  was held at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on the campus of North Carolina State University from 9:00 – 3:30.

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The Changing Voice of Salem VoiceThread
Written by johnlee   
Monday, 18 August 2008
Chris Baker and his students studied the history of the community around their school, Salem Middle. Chris created a short movie of video footage from the area along with stories from people who live in Apex. After uploading the movie to VoiceThread, Chris had his 8th grade students watch the movie and respond.

 

The Changing Voice of Salem (1 page)

Click the image or the link above to view and participate in the VoiceThread. Making comments is really simple and you can delete and re-record as many times as you like.

A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows a group of people to make comments on images, videos, and documents, really simply. You can participate 5 different ways - using your voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam). It's easy to control who can access and comment on a VoiceThread, which makes it a secure place to talk about almost anything: business and academic presentations, travelogues, family history, art critiques, language study, tutorials, book clubs and digital storytelling. A VoiceThread allows an entire group conversation to be collected from anywhere in the world and then shared in one simple place.

To unsubscribe yourself from this VoiceThread, click on the 'Unsubscribe' button on your MyVoice page.

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